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- 1. a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989.
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The meaning of IRON CURTAIN is a political, military, and ideological barrier that cuts off and isolates an area; specifically, often capitalized : one formerly isolating an area under Soviet control.
Iron curtain definition: the Cold War barrier created by political, ideological, and military hostility between Western democracies on the one hand and the Soviet Union and its allies on the other, preventing mutual understanding and the exchange of ideas, travel, etc.. See examples of IRON CURTAIN used in a sentence.
Apr 19, 2024 · The term “iron curtain” had been employed as a metaphor since the 19th century, but Churchill used it to refer specifically to the political, military, and ideological barrier created by the U.S.S.R. following World War II to prevent open contact between itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies on the one hand and the West an...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 14, 2008 · When he spoke of the “Iron Curtain” that had descended from “Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,” Winston Churchill was acknowledging and announcing a truth which so many in the West were so unwilling to admit – the onset of the Cold War.
Feb 28, 2022 · What does Iron Curtain mean, and who popularised the term? The political and ideological division between the Soviet Union and the West after WW2 split Europe in two. Published: February 28, 2022 at 12:45 PM.
- Abigail Whyte
Mar 29, 2024 · The meaning of THE IRON CURTAIN is the political and military barrier in the past that separated the communist countries of Europe from the rest of Europe. How to use the Iron Curtain in a sentence.
Oct 26, 2021 · The Iron Curtain divided a continent and trapped hundreds of millions of people under communism. The Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, declared that the Second World War was not a disaster but “a great opportunity” to extend communism into the very heart of Europe.
